mikeh: Thank you for your response. I guess the cymbal question is well answered, as is the direct audio input question.
The midi question is still very unclear to me. You mentioned trigger the module???
If I output the midi to the program I use (sonar 2) I do not get the sounds which I hear, output through the headphones, due to a difference in soundfonts. for instance the bass drum in most of the kits comes across as a "CLICK" instead of a bassdrum sound, though most of the others pads are somewhat similar. I tried to load different sound banks but none, including general midi emulate the sounds stored in the dtx's kits.
I am definitely missing something BIG here, Im not quite sure how to use the Dtx's selected kits as the instrument sound for the soundfont for each individual pad, so that what I hear is like what the midi will sound like.
I know this is a deep and confusing subject, but if you could point me in the right direction It would be a great help.
I have used soundfonts with a drum machine or a midi drum program, fruityloops, and I know how to split each sound , (from each pad for instance),and apply desired sound to that pad. But thats a LOT of work
. Is there a way to get,, either copy the kits as a soundfont bank, or get a midi program to use the kit thats in the unit as selected?
By the way the yamaha manual really is terrible and totally confusing and I'm not that bad usually, at interpreting manuals
All replies appreciated
Peace and prosperity
Bill